Session 16

General Summary

Holding Down the Fort - Enter Volenta and Rahadin

21st Day of Elient "The Fading" (Sintyavr in the Barovian Calendar)

A Father’s Breaking Heart

• Letter found in Kolyan’s bedroom (see below)
• Laments his own “hubris”
• Planned to beg Strahd’s forgiveness

And So My Watch Begins

• Vincenzo retires to his own bedroom
• Riak goes to attic looking nervous, converts attic to his own mini guild
• Rumex and Ismark on first watch
• Ozan and Ismark take second watch

22nd Day

SIEGE!!!

• Wolves break down front door
• Zombies “Benny Hill” the kitchen
• Ogre zombie smashes the eastern wall
• 2nd ogre zombie and a dire wolf charge the broken front door

Fresh Faces

• Ozan sees a beautiful woman in a deathly metallic mask controlling the beasts and undead
• A lone dark elven rider upon a phantom steed approaches behind her
• She cowers and defers to the elf, disappearing into a misty form
• Elf approaches, apologizes for violence, delivers a letter and a rose. (below)

Ismark Identifies

• Woman was one of Strahd’s ‘brides” named Volenta Popofsky
• Elf was Strahd’s chamberlain - Rahadin

Players

• Kev - Vincenzo Prizzi - CG Tiefling Fiend Warlock - Pact of the Tome(lvl 3)
• Mike - Riak Tao - CN Githyanki Artificer -Battle Smith (lvl 3)
• Joe - Verce - CN Dragonborn Paladin - Oath of Vengeance (lvl 3)
• Milton - Ozan, the Lost- CG Shadar-Kai Twilight Cleric of Ilmater (lvl 3)
• Jay - Ilyson Ott - N Human Fighter - Rune Knight (lvl 3)
• Ben - Rumex Kocho - LN Wood Elf Ranger - Gloomstalker (lvl 3)

In Game Outline

• Start. Kolyanovich Manor, Barovia, 10:45 PM, 21st of Elient
• End. Kolyanovich Manor, Barovia, 3:00 AM, 22nd of Elient

NPCs present

• Ismark Kolyanovich - Current Burgomaster of Barovia
• Ireena Kolyanovich - Strahd’s current interest
• Volenta Popofsky - “Bride” of Strahd
• Rahadin - Strahd’s chamberlain

Victories

You survived waves of:

• 4 wolves
• 4 zombies
• 2 Ogre Zombies
• 2 Dire Wolves
• destroyed 4 wolves and 2 zombies of this list before Rahadin restored order

Volenta Popofsky

Rahadin

Report Date

17 Dec 2022

Primary Location

Burgomaster's Mansion

Related Characters

• Dire Wolf
• Ireena Kolyanovich
• Ismark Kolyanovich
• Ogre Zombie
• Rahadin
• Volenta Popofsky
• Wolf
• Zombie

Kolyan's Plea

Strahd's Letter to Ireena